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Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Energy Upgrades Fund will support investment in energy efficiency upgrades, high performing appliances and battery-ready solar PV," the strategy paper said. "This builds on the CEFC's well-established model of supporting clean energy investments for ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Austin told FS Sustainability. The Ethical Fund has a broader mandate, Austin said. "The Ethical Fund finances wind and solar and does some social infrastructure as well," Austin said. "Australian Ethical's commitment there is to grow that fund and ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... replace quickly aging coal-fired power stations, and potentially gas-fired stations, with renewable energy assets - wind and solar farms and behind the meter rooftop solar generation with dispatchable capacity such as storage and demand response. Around ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... renewables projects that require at least 50% co-ownership with First Nations groups. Critical mineral extraction, wind, and solar energy developments all implicate Indigenous lands and communities across Canada, including 20% of Canada's electricity ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... target of containing global warming at 1.5C. With record growth in areas such as EV sales and renewable energy, by 2040 solar and wind are predicted to dominate the global energy mix. Between 2021 to 2040, total energy investments are set to increase ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... in lithium-ion batteries; through state-sponsored forced labour in the production of the polysilicon used in photovoltaic solar panels; and at other points in the renewables value-chain," he said. "In the US, more than 2 GW of imported solar panels were ...

Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... to technologies with higher potential to reduce emissions, such as green hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Solar power's share of investment is up 24%, green hydrogen is up 64%, and CCS is up 39% since 2022 - although it represents less ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... in Australia. The allocation "complements" the fund's existing more than $2 billion investments in utility-scale wind and solar generation assets and other climate solutions, said Aware Super head of infrastructure Mark Hector. "An investment in the ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Sentier Investors and Natixis Investment Managers in a $170 million capital raise for its Climate Bonds Initiative-certified Solar Finance programme, New Zealand's largest residential power purchase agreement portfolio. In August investment firm ...

Bowen paints mixed outlook for energy future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... temporarily inflate the cost of renewables projects, Bowen says the rewards outweigh the costs. Despite high upfront costs, solar and wind energy are the "cheapest" forms of energy, he said, while gas and coal were more expensive. Storage and transmission ...